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Abstract: The study dealt with the hypertensive patients' treatment compliance in the selected municipalities in the First District of Ilocos Sur for the Calendar Year 2020. It described the respondents' treatment compliance on hypertensive medication, follow-up checkup , and lifestyle modification. It also identified the perceived barriers in taking the medication. Lastly, it looked into the significant relationship between the respondents' treatment compliance and their profile, perceived causes, and knowledge of hypertension. The study used the descriptive-correlational method. All the 209 hypertensive patients who sought consultation at the Municipal Health Offies (MHOs) of Caoayan, Vigan , and Sto. Domingo for July and August 2020 served as the respondents. The data were collected using a questionnaire-checklist formulated by the researchers and content validated by a pool of experts. Data were treated through frequency and percentage, mean, and simple linear correlation analysis. A great majority of the respondents are married and with a family history of hypertension. The majority are females and have no family history of cardiovascular disease. A significant percentage are 55-59 years old, high school graduates, unskilled workers, earn monthly of Php 5,000 and below, and have Stage 2 hypertension. Eating of high cholesterol foods was perceived as the number one cause of hypertension. Almost all of the respondents know that hypertension is preventable, curable, fatal, and can lead to a heart attack or stroke complications that are preventable. A person on treatment cannot stop medication after normalizing blood pressure. The respondents' overall treatment compliance is Very High, and they Moderately Agree on the cost, symptom experience, work-related, availability/ accessibility, family-related, and personal-related matters as barriers in taking the hypertensive medications. The family monthly income, cardiovascular disease presence, perceived causes, and knowledge of hypertension are significantly related to treatment compliance.
Keywords: Medication, follow up check-up, lifestyle modification, causes, and knowledge
Abstract: The study determined the problems and coping mechanisms of the Bachelor of Science in Community Health Management International Students of a University in Northern Luzon. It also looked into the significant relationship between the socio- demographic profile of the respondents and their problems. Significant relationship between the respondents’ level of problems and their level of coping mechanism was also determined. The study is a descriptive correlational type of research. A questionnaire-checklist formulated by the researchers and content validated by a pool of experts was the main tool in gathering the data. It involved all the 191 Bachelor of Science in Community Health Management International Students from the College of Health Sciences. Ethical protocols were followed in the study. Frequency count and percentages, mean and simple linear correlation analysis were the statistical tools used. The findings of the study reveal that a marked percentage of the respondents are 18 years of age and with one sibling. Majority of the respondents are males with monthly family income of Php 4,999 and below, with professional fathers, and belong to a nuclear type of family. Almost all the respondents are single and live-in dormitory outside the campus. A great majority of the respondents have parents who are college graduates and with non-working mothers. Most of the respondents are Hindu in religion. There is a serious problem of the respondents along financial while there is no serious problem on family. The level of coping mechanism of the respondents is high. There is an inverse relationship between the extent of problems of the respondents and their socio- demographic profile. There is no significant relationship between the level of coping mechanism and the socio-demographic profile of the respondents.
Keywords: experience, homesick, peers, scholastic life, stress reaction
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- Sustainable Activities for Empowered and Resilient Community – Care for Human and Its System (SAFER-CHS) Extension Program: An Assessment (2026), SDG 2, 3, 5, 13
- Problems and Coping Mechanisms of Student Affiliates/ Interns at the College of Health Sciences: Basis for a Proposed Internship Program (2025), SDG 3, 5
- Menopause Specific Health Problems Among Women: Basis for Extension Activities (2025), SDG 3, 5
- Treatment Compliance Among Hypertensive Patients in the Selected Municipalities in the First District of Ilocos Sur (2020), SDG 3
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